Local privilege escalation via hidden approved listener
Published Sep 11, 2023 · Updated Sep 26, 2024
Privilege escalation in Google Android 11 through 13 allows local users to conceal an approved notification listener without user interaction. NotificationAccessSettings.updateList filtered any service whose flattened component name exceeded 500 characters before checking whether notification access was already granted, so approved listeners vanished from Settings. A local app with an overlength listener component name can retain notification access while preventing the device owner from seeing or revoking it through the list.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in Google Android 11 through 13 allows local users to conceal an approved notification listener without user interaction. NotificationAccessSettings.updateList filtered any service whose flattened component name exceeded 500 characters before checking whether notification access was already granted, so approved listeners vanished from Settings. A local app with an overlength listener component name can retain notification access while preventing the device owner from seeing or revoking it through the list.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-35667
- Published
- Sep 11, 2023
- Updated
- Sep 26, 2024
- Vendor
- Product
- Android
- Classifications
- CWE-269, T1548
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
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- Sep 11, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 26, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=11
- Affected versionversion=12
- Affected versionversion=12l
- Affected versionversion=12L
- Affected versionversion=13
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